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OPCW Conference of the States Parties Nineteenth Session C-19/4 1 – 5 December 2014 3 December 2014 Original: ENGLISH REPORT OF THE OPCW ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, STOCKPILING AND USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION IN 2013 CS-2014-8970(E) distributed 08/12/2014 *CS-2014-8970.E* C-19/4 page ii (blank page) C-19/4 page iii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................1 1. VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES.................................................................................4 CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION..................................................................5 INDUSTRY VERIFICATION ....................................................................................10 DECLARATIONS.......................................................................................................12 INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS...............................................................................14 CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS OF ALLEGED USE .....15 OTHER VERIFICATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES.................................................16 2. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE ................................18 NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: ARTICLE VII....................................................................................................................18 REGIONAL MEETINGS OF THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES............................20 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF NATIONAL AUTHORITIES ....................21 ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION: ARTICLE X..................................................21 THE OPCW PROGRAMME TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION WITH AFRICA ON THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION......................................25 ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT: IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE XI .............................................................................................25 3. POLICY-MAKING ORGANS .................................................................................28 ACTIVITIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES......................28 ACTIVITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ......................................................30 ACTIVITIES OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES.................................................................31 ACTIVITIES OF THE OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE ......................31 4. EXTERNAL RELATIONS.......................................................................................32 UNIVERSALITY ........................................................................................................32 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.........................................................................................33 THIRTEENTH INDUCTION WORKSHOP FOR DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL ...34 PROTOCOL AND VISA ACTIVITIES .....................................................................35 CONFERENCE SUPPORT.........................................................................................35 HOST COUNTRY RELATIONS................................................................................35 MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES .......................................................35 SPECIAL EVENTS.....................................................................................................36 ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL SOCIETY.................................................................37 5. EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ...............................38 ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY MATTERS ............................................38 INTERNAL OVERSIGHT..........................................................................................38 LEGAL AFFAIRS.......................................................................................................39 STRATEGY AND POLICY........................................................................................40 CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY ...................................................................40 HEALTH AND SAFETY............................................................................................41 6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY............................................................................42 C-19/4 page iv TABLE OF ANNEXES Annex 1: STATUS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013 ...................................................45 Annex 2: CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION FACILITIES OPERATIONAL OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2013....................................................................50 Annex 3: CHEMICAL WEAPONS DECLARED AND DESTROYED AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013.................................................................................................51 Annex 4: DECLARED AND INSPECTABLE SCHEDULE 2 FACILITIES AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013............................................................................................53 Annex 5: DECLARED AND INSPECTABLE SCHEDULE 3 FACILITIES AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013............................................................................................54 Annex 6: DECLARED AND INSPECTABLE OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTION FACILITIES AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013.........................................................55 Annex 7: NUMBER OF STATE PARTIES THAT HAD DECLARED RIOT CONTROL AGENTS, BY TYPE OF AGENT AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013 .......................57 Annex 8: DESIGNATED LABORATORIES AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013......................58 Annex 9: TRUST FUNDS DEDICATED TO ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC..............................................59 Annex 10: BUDGETARY ACCOUNTS: INCOME, EXPENDITURE AND CHANGES IN RESERVES AND FUND BALANCES - ALL FUNDS (UNAUDITED) FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2013 (EXPRESSED IN EUROS)......60 Annex 11: INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS REGISTERED BY THE TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2013 .....................................................................................61 C-19/4 page 1 INTRODUCTION 1. The year 2013 was a watershed for the OPCW. It was one of the most eventful and productive years in the 16-year history of the Organisation, presenting it with unprecedented challenges and opportunities, all under intense international scrutiny. 2. On 11 October 2013, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the awarding of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize to the OPCW for the Organisation’s “extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons”. On 10 December 2013, the Director-General accepted the prize at the award ceremony in Oslo on behalf of the Organisation, its Member States, and staff members past and present. He also announced that the prize money awarded by the Nobel Committee would be used to fund annual OPCW awards recognising outstanding contributions to advancing the goals of the Convention. 3. Tragically, 2013 saw the first use of chemical weapons in 25 years, resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries in the Syrian Arab Republic. The international community, including the United Nations Secretary-General and the OPCW Director-General, condemned in the strongest possible terms the confirmed sarin attack in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on 21 August. At the request of the United Nations Secretary-General, the OPCW provided crucial support to the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic. Two teams of OPCW experts participated in the mission. The OPCW also provided facilities for the analysis of the data and samples collected. 4. Following the decision by the Syrian Arab Republic to accede to the Chemical Weapons Convention (hereinafter “the Convention”) and the negotiation of an agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on 14 September 2013 entitled “Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons” (EC-M-33/NAT.1, dated 17 September 2013), the OPCW Executive Council (hereinafter “the “Council”) adopted a historic decision entitled “Destruction of Syrian Chemical Weapons” (EC-M-33/DEC.1, dated 27 September 2013). This decision was endorsed by the unanimous adoption of United Nations Security Council resolution 2118 (2013) on the same day. The accelerated programme of destruction agreed by the Council represented an unprecedented challenge, to be undertaken in an active war zone within compressed time frames. On 16 October 2013, following close consultations between the OPCW Director-General and the United Nations Secretary-General, the establishment of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission in the Syrian Arab Republic (hereinafter “the Joint Mission”) was announced, with Ms Sigrid Kaag appointed as Special Coordinator. 5. The Joint Mission successfully completed, within the target dates of 27 October and 1 November 2013, the crucial initial tasks assigned to the team, in particular the functional destruction of chemical weapons production, mixing, and filling facilities. On 15 November 2013, the Council adopted a follow-up decision (EC-M-34/DEC.1, dated 15 November 2013) outlining the detailed requirements for the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons and chemical weapons production facilities (CWPFs), with staged target dates on the way to an overall completion date of no later than 30 June 2014. This key decision calls for the removal of all chemical weapons from the Syrian Arab Republic, in accordance with a request by the Syrian Government. It C-19/4 page 2 was further determined

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